Small Business Marketing
Your Brand Needs a Plan for Generative Engine Optimization with ChatGPT & Google Gemini There’s a new marketing acronym in town, GEO. It stands for Generative Engine Optimization, and it has one customer segment: AI chatbots. It’s the top growth strategy…
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What Makes Consumers Buy Faster & Value Your Brand More? Answer: Price Anchoring These four pricing strategy examples explore one valuable tool in the pricing toolbox: price anchoring. In their book Dollars and Sense, Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler write: When…
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Over the Last Decade, Tripadvisor, Travel + Leisure & Lonely Planet Focus Attention Closer to Home Globetrotting may not be the future for trendy US travelers. North American destinations have seen a surge in popularity from top travel guides Tripadvisor, Travel +…
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How to Understand Your Customers, with 14 Specific Examples Market segmentation helps brands understand customer groups and reach them more effectively. There are many types of market segmentation, and the field can easily become overwhelming. But Insight to Action specializes…
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On the Road to Wrestlemania, Jey Uso Enjoys Status as Top Superstar In February, my 12-year-old sons received the birthday gift of a lifetime: tickets to WWE RAW live in Cincinnati. With a crowd of about 25,000, it was an…
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Intuit Shows Customer Intuition in Spots Featuring Cobra Kai Sensei Released in 1984, The Karate Kid opened to critical and audience acclaim, and was “Hollywood’s biggest sleeper hit of the year.” This underdog story follows young Daniel LaRusso as he…
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The Rule of “First Impressions” Definitely Applies When Marketing with Direct Mail Receiving a direct mail piece is like meeting a new person. You’re either instantly attracted to it, or you forget about it immediately. Direct mail needs to be…
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Before Christmas, a marketing email from Scentmatchers caught my eye. I posted about it in “Going Out of Business Sale: Email Marketing Edition.” In an attempt to inspire FOMO (fear of missing out) in customers, the email includes lines like, “Keep…
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Will Fear of Missing Out Spur Sales for Fragrance Company? I received a curious marketing email from Scent Matchers, a company that re-creates discontinued fragrances. Last year, I purchased a replication of my dad’s favorite aftershave from years past. Here…
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Renaissance Hotels takes marketing inspiration from its name, seeking to evoke a sense of the renaissance era. It’s a solid brand strategy concept, as described on its website: We’re a hotel for the curious, the adventurous for those who see…
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